I've always been looking for a steady cash flow in retirement, something where I'm not depleting my reserves. 

I find the house to flip, hire all the contractors, do clean up etc... then put it back on market and make a profit with a 50/50 split. 

Back in the 1980s and 1990s the Federal government was very serious about environmental cleanup and created the Superfund legislation.

I would say the best thing you can do is use that to clean up any thing that could be on your credit and go through the program www.seedcapital.com program to get funds for real estate.

We need someone that can clean up and separate the basement electrical, demo a bathroom in the basement, and clean up other loose ends (mostly plumbing)We also would like to add a small retaining wall (4 feet-ish wide) and get the short driveways leveled.Depending on pricing, we may want to do some structural work (extending under house drive to accommodate more cars for example) and in the future upgrading and relocating the boilers, so that is something to consider as well.Anyone looking for work and a long term relationship?  

It takes some time to clean up and have insurance settle claims and some won't get fixed for a long time. 

When we moved out we left her an e-mail informing her that the air conditioning units were in her storage shed and she responded that it was okay.Now two and a half months after moving out she is threatening to sue us unless we clean up the yard and return her "new" air conditioning unit that was old when we moved in two and a half years prior to its disappearance.Should I be worried at all or is she merely trying to get freebies out of me since she's about to put the trailer on the market?

Additionally consideration for clean up when vacant.

I must deplete my account by the end of 10 years.

He has promised to send workers over for to the property to at least start clean up about 4 times as well, and no one has been to the property.